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I haven't mentioned this in a while, but I do a radio show with the amazing Mike Edison. It's called The Mike & Judy Show and it's on Heritage Radio Network, straight outta Bushwick. (I just thought that sounded tough—we actually have a studio in the back of Roberta's restaurant. You can get a nice Riesling and organic veggies—not hardcore at all.) We go live at 2pm on Sundays for the finest half hour in internet radio.

I just finished Mishka's third Kindle Single, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, and it's kind of stuck in my head. I've read and really liked the other stuff he's written, but this one was so disturbing, so creepy! If the genders had been reversed, it would've been outright terrifying, but . . . well, I don't want to give anything away. If you have a Kindle, you should buy it. It's only two bucks! I have to get in on this Kindle Singles game.

This week we welcome Carolita Johnson, who's not only a cartoonist for the New Yorker, but a truly amazing writer; hilarious yet also heartfelt, she's my favorite part of The Hairpin and I can't wait to read her book (once she writes it). It's so nice to get excited about books again, especially after reading the disastrous Mike Doughty memoir, The Book of Drugs. Oy. I know it got pretty good reviews, but I was completely disappointed. Page after page filled with complaints about shitty bandmates and thousands of words spent bemoaning what could've been if he'd been unencumbered by the people he got famous alongside. So bitter I could taste it. I need to go re-read some Redmond O'Hanlon or Jackie Susann to cleanse my palate.

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Wow it seems you are a accomplished blogger who enjoys writing... well typing... I enjoyed this post but when you mentioned mishka I thought you meant the reggae singer mishka, I got mad love for that dude he is the only person that plays in my pandora, and always cheers me up. Are you talking about that mishka?